auctioneer

From auction +‎ -eer.

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

auctioneer (plural auctioneers)

1. An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 102:

     The auctioneer, with his fruity, theatrical voice and his gavel, hits a block of wood in precisely the same spot, no matter the day.

   • 2005 June 2, Jeanne Sahadi, “'Do I hear 6 figures? Sold!' Auctioneering can be a lucrative job ... if you know what you're selling.”, in CNN Money‎^[1]:

     But there are many items that auctioneers sell every day in various garb: industrial equipment, autos and real estate, to name a few.

   • 2021 September 24, Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, “A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The auctioneer donated the monument to FOLHC and they got to work restoring his plot.

• auctioneeress

auctioneer (third-person singular simple present auctioneers, present participle auctioneering, simple past and past participle auctioneered)

1. (transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.
2. (intransitive) To act as an auctioneer.